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Security & Justice
Southern Lebanon Endures Massive Damage: 40,000 Homes Leveled Across 37 Towns
Israeli forces have systematically destroyed entire neighborhoods in southern Lebanon, leveling more than 37 towns and wiping out over 40,000 residential units, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.
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Gaps in Coastal Radar Enabled Israeli Raid in Batroun, Army Commander Says
Lebanon’s army chief, General Joseph Aoun, detailed to Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati how Israeli forces likely exploited gaps in the country's coastal radar system during the recent raid carried out in Batroun. The briefing comes as Lebanese officials seek answers on how Israel’s elite Shayetet 13 unit carried out the landing undetected.
Monday, November 4, 2024
Opinion
The Emptying of Baalbek Is a Moment to Take Stock
“Large numbers of people continue to flee their homes every day, as Israel’s military operations in Lebanon have been going on unabated.” These disturbing words could be from almost any news report about Israel’s invasion of its northern neighbour over the past month. However, they can be found in a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre issued on July 27, 2006.
Saturday, November 2, 2024
A Future Without Hezbollah
At the end of September, when Israel’s campaign to destroy Hezbollah was reaching its height, I met one of the group’s supporters in a seaside café in western Beirut. He was a middle-aged man with a thin white beard and the spent look of someone who had not slept for days. He was an academic of sorts, not a fighter, but his ties to Hezbollah were deep and long-standing.
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Sports
Tottenham Forward Son Heung-min Crowned Asia’s International Player of the Year
Tottenham forward Son Heung-min was crowned as Asia’s International Player of the Year for the fourth time by the Asian Football Confederation at its annual awards ceremony Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Real Madrid Launch Investigation into Racist Insults After El Clasico Defeat
Real Madrid has launched an investigation into racist insults directed at players during Saturday’s 4-0 home loss to Barcelona in LaLiga, it said on Sunday.
Monday, October 28, 2024
Friday 21 January 2022 11:09:19
“Save The Children” Warns Against the Collapse Of Lebanon
The NGO Save The Children Lebanon has released a statement warning about the collapse of Lebanon’s economy and its direct effect on children living on the Lebanese territory.
The International NGO warned that the ongoing inflation is plummeting the Lebanese pound into historic lows from the beginning of the new year, which will drive more children into poverty while they are also dealing with multiple crises without any sign of relief.
The Lebanese pound, which lost more value, will be driving the poor families into a poorer state.
Most vulnerable families can not afford food, electricity, and fuel anymore because, according to Save The Children, “a tank of fuel for a small car now costs more than a month’s salary on minimum wage.”
Lebanon’s currency has been losing its value since 2019, and more speedily these past few months, reaching alarming lows at more than 90% loss of value. That is leaving countless children in total poverty, to the point that many are eating less than ever in the past two years.
Jennifer Moorehead, Save the Children’s Country Director in Lebanon, indicated that:
“The children and families we work with tell us every day of the impossible choices they have to make between food and rent, electricity and medication, and sending their children to school.”
“This will have a devastating impact on Lebanese, refugee, and migrant children across the country, putting even more basic necessities out of reach and forcing more and harder choices.”
The international NGO continued with: “2022 looks like it will be another long, hard year for children and their families in Lebanon.”
Save the Children is demanding from the Lebanese authorities to urgently take measures “to stabilize the economy to prevent further suffering of children and their families.”
Human Rights Watch has also issued almost the same report yesterday due to the inaction of the Lebanese government that is affecting all levels of the Lebanese civil society and the refugees living on the Lebanese territory.
